Agamemnon trail

· Acropolis of Mycenae
· Walking the same ancient path that the King of Agamemnon walked
· Hellenistic tower
· Roman baths
· Vaulted Mycenaean tomb
· Panoramic view
· Mycenaean bridge
· Traditional village

If you feel like walking in the same ancient path that the King of Agamemnon himself walked, then this is a tour you should experience!

In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae or Argos (different names of the same region), son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope. His brother was Menelaus, who was married to Helen, one of the main characters who participated in the events leading to the Trojan War. Agamemnon was married to Clytemnestra, and had four children: Iphigenia, Orestes, Chrysothemis and Electra, also known as Laodike. After the end of the war, Agamemnon returned home, where Clytemnestra had started an affair with Aegisthus. The two of them plotted against Agamemnon and killed him, with Aegisthus becoming the ruler of Mycenae. Orestes, Agamemnon’s son, later avenged his father’s death by killing the two lovers; however, this caused the wrath of the Erinyes, because he committed matricide.

Mycenae. One of the World Heritage Sites of Unesco, homeland of King Agamemnon when he returned as a winner from the Trojan War. If you include a guided archaeological and historical tour, it will start at the vaulted tomb, known as the “Treasury of Atreus”, one of the most impressive works of Mycenaean burial architecture. You will continue to the Lion Gate, visit Grave Circle A, the “Megaron”: the Palace of the Mycenaean kings and the Museum. Archaeology reveals that the citadel of Mycenae was the city’s defensive centre and the hub of its economic, religious, and administrative life. The citadel was well provisioned to resist a siege but, on a day-to-day basis, was home to Mycenae’s places of worship and nobility. At the highest point was the royal palace.

Argos is a city in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and the oldest in Europe.